Time Course of the Cross-Over Effect of Fatigue on the Contralateral Muscle after Unilateral Exercise

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Doix, Aude Clémence M ^a,b   Lefèvre, Fabrice ^a,c   Colson, Serge S ^a  

^a University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c International Health and Performance Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878530654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064910     Document Type: Article

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